Tuesday April 26, 2011.

A Man Reaps What He Sows

Read Psalm 46, especially verse 10

Being still before the Lord is a great habit to get into. It’s vital if we are going to live a life of victory and impact.

As you begin to work through this study on 2 Peter 1, make it your daily goal to keep a spiritual diary. This is as simple as keeping a note book and a pen handy in the place where you will regularly be praying. However, using a computer or phone is very handy as well because you can keep your diary with you and use the MP3 player functions to include music and praise in your quiet time with God.  TAKE NOTE: Your level of victory and impact is directly correlated to your relationship with your Lord. If you have a shallow relationship with the Lord, you will have a mediocre Christian light. If you are growing deeper with God on a daily basis, you will also be growing in victory and impact. The two work together. You simply cannot have one without the other.

Please allow me to challenge you, to exhort you and to ___________ you  (insert whatever word totally motivates you)  to keep a spiritual diary for the duration of this series. You can reassess afterwards.

In your diary, you should include all the things that are relevant between you and God. While there are many formats for your diary, a simple layout such as the following would be helpful. If you are using a phone or a computer you can simply type out a blank page  with the headings and copy it from day to day as you use it. If you are using pen and paper, write out one blank page with headings and photocopy it to use as needed each day.

PTO to page 6 to see a format for a daily prayer diary.

Use the diary daily to sit quietly with God, to learn and to grow with Him. Make it your priority to be in His presence each and every day. Some days I finish work and all family things at 11:00pm or later. The last thing I want to do is to spend another hour reading and praying. However, almost invariably that time spent with God is motivating, life changing and worth the extra time awake. I have never regretted spending that time with God even after a long arduous and tiring day.

Prayer:-

V Pray for the India Mission team as we prepare to finalise the team and to meet       regularly to prepare for the trip. Pray that God would hand pick the team and build a strong sense of unity and oneness. Pray that our mission would be adopted by each team member and that we would have a powerful impact in India.

V Pray for the Burma mission team. Ask God to raise up the team, to open doors to serve at Mustard Seed Orphanage and to teach the Bible College students deeply about the Lord from the Scriptures.

These reading notes will fit into your prayer diary in the Passage section. But don’t settle just for these notes. Read wider and get some in depth material to push you at your level.

These prayer points can simply be added to your own prayer points in the supplication (a big word for ‘ask’) section of your prayers.